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THEOLO^VSrscFENCK
RENEWAL OF THE ALLEGED BOYCOTT
ON PROF. WOODROW.
Another Theological Student Refused
Permission by the Columbia Seminary
Faculty to Attend Dr. Woodrow's Scientific
Lectures at the South Carolina
University.
(Fr?m the Southern Pi'esbylerh.u.)
The opening of the present session of
the Columbia Theological Seminary has
been signalized l>y the renewal of ihe
"boycott" which was instituted year
l>efore last l?v the faculty, then consisting
of Professors Tad lock, Girardeau
and Ilcrsiuan. l.ast year, so far as we
know, no case arose to test the views of
Drs. McPheeters and Beat tie, who were
then associated with Drs. Tadloek and
Girardeau, iJut this year, as we Have
learned from different sources, an event
lias occurred which shows that the present
faculty unanimously concurs as to the
^boycott" with the faculty which instituted
it.
A young gentleman who had recently
graduated at the University of Soutii
Carolina, where he had studied geology,
astronomy, physiology and physics
under Professor Woodrow. presented
himself before the faculty of the
Ki'uiinarv, desiring admission to the
.Minior Class. There were present I'roi
ssors Tadlock. Girardeau, McPheoters,
and Bcattic. During his examination
he stated that he desired to pursue the
study of mineralogy at the University
under Professor Woodrow, and asked
whether he would be allowed to do so.
To this Dr. Girardeau replied, urging
him not to press that request, as it
-would bo opposed: tha*, permission
would be readily given to attend the
instructions of any other Professor in
the Univcisity, but not Dr. Wood row's.
To this statement no objection was made
by any one present, all by their silence
giving their assent. The student, seeing
the state of affairs, fore bo re to urge
his request, and so the matter ended?
the Faculty unanimously acquiescing in
this ending and thereby becoming parlies
to it.
Thus the war is continued. Some had
supposed that the originators of the infamous
"boycott" had repented of their
act, and that it would be allowed to fall
into a state of "innocuous desuetude;"
and especially that Drs. McPbeetersand
Beat tie would not allow themselves to
be drawn or driven into participation in
it. But such persons did not appreciate
the fidelity of the "Old Guard,"
who for years bad been pursuing his intended
victim. Their longing for peace
had misled them. They ought to have
known, what is so plain, that the only
peace possible tc them consists in abject
submission to the will of the originators
of the war and their followers, not
merely in regard to this outrageous
"boycott," but with regard to all the
vastly more impartant matters involved.
We confess that we arc not a little
surprised at the course of Drs. McPhccters
aud Beattie in failing to repudiate
' the sentiments of Dr. Girardeau, when
acting as*me tubers of the faculty, upon
the student's application for admission.
By their silent acquiescence when their
uunvti^uu iwiuiu uu iiiu (ippiivaui nuu
he might attend the classes of any University
Professor except Dr. Wood row,
they have vindicated their right to
share with Drs. Tadlock and Girardeau
in the honor or the disgrace, whichever
it may be, of the ''boycott," and of
keeping the Seminary inits narrow partisan
course. While we do not know
much as to their opinions, we have
been inclined to respect them and had
expected better things of them. We
did not suppose they could by any possibility
share the feelings of their active
colleague, and had not supposed they
could be cowed into silent submission.
This "boycott" has been strongly condemned
by the Synod of South Carolina.
Last year t he question was thoroughly
discussed by this Synod in the
case of Mr. W. W. Elwang, a student in
the Seminary in 1887-8. The following
resolutions were adopted by Synod by a
1 irge majority:
"1. Touching this matter, your committee
recommend to Synod "the adoption
of the following resolutions:
"1. Resolved, That this Synod disapproves
of tfie action of the Faculty in
ordering Mr. W. W. Elwang to cease attending
upon the lectures of the Kev.
Prof. Woodrow in the South Carolina
i ? i e ~ i.: ,r
cijivcimix; anu aisj 01 lue action 01
the Board of Directors in sustaining and
confirming this interdict.
"2. This Synod disavows the interpretation
placed on its previous orders
touching the Perkins Professor upon
which the Faculty and the Board claim
to base their late action."
This "boycott" certainly seems cowardly.
The faculty are evidently afraid
of something?either'of what is taught
or of the teacher. Perhaps the apprehended
danger lies in the thing taught.
What, then, is mineralogy? It is "the
science which tenches the properties,
composition, and relations of mineral
bodies, and the art of distinguishing and
describing them." What danger can
thofaculty see in this science or art!
Are they really afraid of till science and
all art? Will it hurt a student of the
Bible to know the chemical composition
of a mineral? To be able to distinguish
a dimetric from an insometric crystal?
To learn how to tell gold from iron
pyrites or "fool's gold"? Is ignorance
essential to piety and success in the minll?
At. Out
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it is science, :ind science is a dreadful
tiling! Mineralogy may seem harmless,
but trust it not! Beware!- for are not
minerals the materials of which the
earth consists, and are they not the constituents
of the rocks, and are not these
rocks the foundation stones of the science
of geology, and is not geology that bugbear
that all good men must be made to
fear? Alas, it is too true, and therefore
we must at all hazards shield our precious
charges, our tender lambs, from
the malign influences of your insidious
mineralogy!
I'erhaps it is the teacher they fear.
But why i An- they not. four to one ?
Arc they afraid that incidentally Professor
Wood row may show to hisstudents
that science is not such a bugbear after
all, and that the reverent study of God's
works is not a sin in the sight of the
Most High? l>o they fear lest some
chance word of his may topple over all
the structure of mediaeval ideas in regard
to science that they have so carefully
and sedulously reared? Surely, they
should not be so modest in regard to
their own influence over their special
studeuts.
In all soberness and truth, it is simply
infamous for the faculty ot the Columbia
Theological Seminary to say thus
officially that Professor Wood row is
unfit to teach any student mineralogy
in th" State University. He is a minister
in good and regular standing in the
tSout' Tu Presbyterian Church, heartily
accepting all her standards. Ho is a
reverent believer iu the Bible. His
'offense is that, unlike his traducers, he j
i is a student of G;kTs works as well as of
j his word, and that he can see nocon
tradiction between these two revelations.
This "boycott" is a disgrace to those
who are carrying it on. and this disgrace
will rest also upon the Presbyterian
Church if it shall tolerate the iniquity.
We need not say that it makes no difference
personally to Professor Woodrow
whether Seminary students attend his
lectures at the University or not. It is
the principle involved in this "boycott"
I by the Seminary Faculty that we dc!
nou nee as cowardly, tyrannical, in famous,
j We would hold it up to the scorn of
I every intelligent, honest man. One does
j not need to be versed in either theology
or natural science to see its true character.
THE STATE CROPS.
^ Cottou Late But in Good Condition?The
Finest Corn Crop in Years-Rice Good
and All Other Crops Ahead of Last
Year.
The Department of Agriculture has
j issued the following report of the crop
outlook iu South Carolina:
THE WEATHER.
The sunshine for the month of September
was about an average. The
rainfall- was about an average. Reports
of observers to the State weather service
showing that for the month of
Sepleniber, 1888, it was 0.8 inches,
while for the same month in 1889 it was
! onlv 3.42 inches. No frost is reported.
Reports received from 214 special correspondents
of the Department of Agriculture
give the following estimates
of the condition of the various crops
on October 1:
COTTON.
The crop is estimated to be from ten
days to two weeks late. The caterpillar
lias appeared in some sections, but only
slight damage is reported. The condi-i
lion is reported as follows: Upper Caro-1
linn, 92; middle Carolina, 89, and lower ,
Carolina, 87?average for the State 89,
against 77 at the same date in 1888 and
S9 on the 1st of September, 1889. The |
indicated yield is given at 181 pounds
of lint per acre.
CORN.
The corn crop is estimated to bo the
finest for several years. The condition
is reported its follows: Upper Carolina,
105; middle Carolina, 104, and lower
Carolina. 102?average for the State
104, against 70 at the same date in 1888
and 103 on the 1st of September, 1889;
*l%rv iristlsi io 1 A ltnchnlc nor now !
IUU IIJUIUUVU J1UIU 10 -1"X VUOIIVIO|/W4 Uv?vt I
RICE.
The condition of the rice crop is reported
pood, as follows: upper Carolina
98, middle Carolina 99, and lower
Carolina 90 average for the Slate 97,
against 88 at the same date last year and
95 on the 1st of September, 1889; the
indicated yield is 23 bushels per acre.
OTHER CROPS.
The coudition and prospective yield of
the smaller crops is reported as follows:
Peas, condition 98 against 72 at the
same date in 1888; indicated yield 6
bushels per acre. Irish potatoes, condition
93 against 91 at the same date
in 1888; yield (52 bushels per acre.
Sweet potatoes, condition 99 against 94
at the same date in 18S8; yield 87
bushels per acre, fcugar cane, conuition
93 against 90 at the same'date in
1888; yield 123 gallons per acre. Sorghum,
condition 97 against 88 at the
same date in 1888; yield 82 gallons per
acre.
The Fat "Woman Spoiled the Show.
"Bovs, le's go in here!"
The remark was made by one of four
swells who were "doing" the town.
Each man wore fashionable clothing and
a high hat. They had stopped before a
dime museum. When the party entered
they found an interested crowd standing
before the living curios and listening
to the eloqueut lecturer. When the
glib-tongued historian had made the
rounds of the attractions and had
arrived before the Abyssinian fire-eater
he was surprised to see the crowd surge
to the other end of the room, where sat
the Circassian girl. Beside this bushyhaired
beauty stood the most gorgeous
of the quartet of swells. Placing his
glossy hat on the platform at his feet
and holding his yellow kids in his left
hand, he bowed as gracefully as his condition
would permit, and thus addiessed
his deeply interested audience:
"Ladies and gentlemen, you now see
before you tbe beautiful Circassian girl
from the Eastern slopes of Kussia. Although
she is a genuine Circassian, as
you can see by the remarkable luxuriance
of her hair, yet 1 am forced to
confess that she was born on the banks
of the Housatonic River, in Connecticut."
Here the amateur lecturer was interrupted
by his professional confrere, who
was dancing around on the outskirts of
the crowd in uncontrollable rage. The
crowd appreciated the joke so highly
that it refused to part and let the paid
lecturer through.
"Go on, nobby: tell us where she
bought hci-j hair!" shouted a Bowery
boy.
The swell steadied himself by placing
his right hand on the back of the Circassian
girl's chair, and was about to
resume his lecture when the 800-pound
fat woman waddled over behind him,
and with a vigorous shove sent him head
first into the crowd. He was picked up
in a rather wrecked condition and
lugged down stairs by his friends.?
iY. Y. Sun.
?. ? ?"Trouble
in Da Church."
Rather a novel ease was tried here
last Wednesday before Trial Justice C.
M. Miller and a jury, in which the pastor
of St. Paul's Baptist Church, (colored,)
Kcv. K. M. C. Aldrich, figured as
the defendant, lie was indicted for
trespass. It seems that Aldrich had
lost caste with the deacons of the
church, but with the congregation (and
especially tbc female portion of itj lio
was rectus incuria. Recently the deacons
held a meeting and called another
pastor Last Sunday morning at Sunday
school it was announced that there
would be no preaching in that church
that night. The pastor, being present,
announced that there would he service
as usual. When the hour arrived the
tloor of the church was locked, hut the
sexton went in at the window and unlocked
the door. The pastor went in
and preached. Prior to this, however,
it appeared from the evidence that the
deacons had served a written notice
upon the pastor that his services were
110 longer wanted. So said officials
brought suit against Aldrieh, the pastor,
! for trespass.
j The ease occupied the entire day. The
jury failed to agree and a mistrial was
ordered.?Laurens Herald.
Jay Gould has been offered ijfiOjOOO to
write his memoirs. Mr. Gould would
not tell all lie knows about himself for
any amount of money. J
The Editorial Three.
Pencil:
I'm the stub of a Faber
Well worn with labor
That lasts from sun to sun.
I 'oil with creation,
With ne'er a vacation:
I'm the all important one.
Sqeaks:
With a familiar clatter
I've clipped the best matter
That's come to this office for years,
So when you have read it
Fiease give me the credit;
I'm the editorial shears.
Paste:
Oh, I'm made of flour
And used every hour;
I'm.so very important you see,
That n editor's luble
lias ever been able
To prosper at all without me.
All:
Oh we arc three powers,
8n important all hours?
We're the editorial three.
No one is inferior
Hut all ate superior
To the editorial "we."
MAHONE EXCORIATED.
Colonel Lacy Compares Him to Arnold
and Judas, Only He Comes Higher.
Richmond, Va., October 12.? General
William Mabone having circulated the
statement among the Confederate vete
Tans that General Robert E. Lee had
agreed upon him as his successor in the
event of his (Lee's) resignation from
command of the Army of Northern Virginia,
Colonel J. Horace Lacy, one of
the most prominent men in Virginia and
j the man who heard Loc refer ro Mahore
as qualified to succeed him, has prepared
a letter for publication, in which he says:
"1 say to the thousands who will
believe my statement?before you judge
Lee or myself too harshly remember that
Christ permitted .Hulas to be numbered
among the disciples and Washington
placed Arnold in command of the
strategic line of the Hudson?the first,
betraying his blessed Master with a kiss,
sold him for thirty pieces of silver; the
second got ?30,000 and a brigadier's
commission in the English army, but
couldn't deliver the goods. Both have
gone to their own place.
"Mahone sold at a higher figure.
When he made his deal with Cameron
and Quay he sold out. the readjuster
Democratic party of Virginia for the
patronage of the State. I feel this as a
sort of personal affront, for I had boeu
their chosen leader, the president of the
readjuster caucus in the Legislature.
"The grimmest joke of all the ages?
Mahone of Virginia, and Chalmers of
Mississippi?the qiic of Crater, the other
of Fort Pillow massacre fame?chosen
r?f flvn nnnt' nntrrn u'hncn lifinrlc
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they clasp, all red and reeking with their
brothers1 blood.
"Mahone's political career and conduct
is a menace not only to good government,
but to society and civilization.
And yet, God help me! I must stand by
my report of what General Lee said about
hi'm, remembering that, however prejudic,
passion and political partisanship
may decide for the present, that man
retains forever the approbation ot
Heaven 'who swears to his own hurt and
changes not.'"
An ex-Confederate Brigadier, a Republican
in national politics, who has
just returned from a visit to Campbell
County, in speaking of Mahone as Lee's
successor, said:
"No statement in support of Mahone's
soldierly qualities will save him, for he
has appointed a negro?Adam Clarkpostmaster
at Castle Craig, "in Campbell
County. He cau neither read nor write,
but he is a Mahone henchman. The
people or mat neiguuornouu ait* iwnuiv
incensed, and Mahone is losing.ail .his
white following by the appomwietfL"
GOVERNOR HILL IN ATLANTA.
New York's Chief Executive Addresses a
Great Multitude at the Piedmont Exposition.
Atlanta, Ga., October 16.?The reception
to Governor Hill at the Piedmont
Exposition to-day was only
equalled by that given President Cleveland
two years ago. A hundred thousand
people were on the grounds. A!
1 p. m. Governor Hill and party arrived
and made a tour of the buildings.
At 2 o'clock Senator Colquitt introduced
Governor Hill to the multitude,
and the Governor began his address,
saying:
"Ladiesand gentlemen: In behalf of
the great State of which I am proud to
be a representative, and for which this
kind expression of esteem and hospitality
is intended, 1 wish to thank
yon ^nost cordially. The Empire Slate
ot tne iNortn semis warm greetings to rne
Empire State of the .South. She is as
proud of your progress as she is of her
own. The entire North is a new partner
in your prosperity, and her interests are
elosely interwoven with yours. The North
has not forgotten the message which
your eloqueut Grady brought to the sons
of New England two years ago. He
touched, as no orator in the generation
si neb the war lias touched, a chord of
sympathy and charity whose sound vibrated
from Maine to California, and
the echoes of whose silvery tones have
not yet died away. He told us merely
what we knew, but what we never before
fully appreciated. He told us that
the war was over?and this we knew,
but never felt so vividly as when
wo heard his eloquent assurance
of the South's reconciliation to her new
conditions. I am glad that you have
given me this opportunity to see the
South under i.'s new conditions?to see
for myself what you have accomplished
in this struggle of twenty-live years, to
feel the spirit of progress which lias
been breathed into this new land of
liberty, ar.d to carry back, perhaps, a
broader idea of our common interests.
I am glad that in this exposition,
wherein are collected the best products
of the industries of six vigorous States.
I am able in the brief time that 1 am to
be with you to get a comprehensive idea
of what the whole South is doing." .
A n Ice Mine.
Latah County, Idaho, comes
to the front with an ico mine.
The discovery was made in I'ine Creek
canyon, 2,000 feet above the sea. A
chilling current of air coining from the
direction of a bed of moss was the first
thing that attracted the attention of a
party of geologists to it. They removed
the moss and discovered a vein of ice
500 feet long and from four to six inches
thick. The several layers of boulders,
debris and ice alternated to a depth of
forty feet. The geologists think this
formation belongs to the glacial period.
?John M. Langston, in an interview
in Washington, severely denounces
Mahonc, and declares that lie wants "to
drive the negro into obscurity, giving
him no countenance or recognition, thai;
he may gather around him white Democrats
who are willing to get what they
can out of the Republicau party if the
j negro is put down. IIo is tr\ing to drive
out and put down the negro for being ?.
| negro.'"
MORMONS ABANDON POLYGAMY.
President Woodruff Says the Church
Means t6 Ob ay the Law.
Salt Lake City, October 12.?I have
just bad an interesting interview with
President Wilford Woodruff, the-head of
the Mormon Church. He is eighty-two
years old, but walked briskly into the
reception room of the official residence.
He began at once to talk in a cheerful,
off-hand way.
"We are peculiar people in some respects,"
he said. "We have been out
here by ourselves for a good while.
Many wrong impressions have gone out
about us. All we ask is for the American
people to understand our situation
as it really is. I have no fears as to our
treatment at the hands of our fellow
citizens if we are unclerstoed.
It was suggested that the people would
like tQ hear directly from the head of
their Church what the attitude is toward
the law prohibiting polygamy. Without
the slightest hesitation President
Woodruff replied with emphasis: <
"We meau to obey it of course. We
have no thought of evading or ignoripg
this or any other law of the United
States. We are citizens of this government.
We recognize its laws as binding
upim us.
"1 have refused to give any recommendations
for the performance of plural
marriages sinco I have been president.
I know that President Taylor,
my predecessor, also refused. Since the
Edmunds-Tucker law we have refused to
recommend plural marriages, and have
instructed that they should not bo solemnized."
Becoming more and more explicit as
he proceeded, President Woodruff told
of a special case. One of the bishops at
the head of a stake, which is a church
designation for a large district, came to
him with the petition of a couple to have
the plural marriage ceremony performed
between them. The stake bishop represented
that the parties fully understood
the risk they were running. He wonted
from the church a ruling on the course
to pursue. "1 told the bishop," said
President Woodruff, 'that it would not
do at all. There must be no more plural
marriages. I am confident," said
the president, "that there have been po
more plural marriages since I have been
in this position, and yet a case has recently
occurred which I will say to
you I do not- understand at all.
It is giving us a good (leal of trouble.
Perhaps you have hof.rdof it?'' The president
referred to the Fans J esperson case.
Jespcrsou is a Dane. He lives in Goshen,
at the head of Utah Lake. Recently a
neighbor reported to the United States
authorities at Provo that he believed
' Jesperson was sustaining the plural tnar'
liage relations with Mrs. Alico Ilorton.
A deputy marshal went out and brought
in the Jesperson family, and Mrs. Hor
ton. All of them denied knowledge of
any improper relationship. At last Mrs.
' Hortou broke down and testified that
she was married to Jesperson on the 8th
of last April. She said that pari of the
? ceremony took placo in the Temple at
[ Manti, and part of it at the Endowment
JI?use in Salt Lake C tv. This testimony
was given before the United States Commissioner.
Jesperson was convicted and
sentenced to five years in prison for
! polygamy and three years on another
charge. It is the only performance of
i a plural marriage ceremony this year
which the courts have unearthed.
? '.'it seems lncreaime it it is true,
' Woodruff said. "It is against all of my
- iostruetions. I do not understand it at
I all. We are looking into it and shall
not rest until we get at all the facts.
There is no intention ou our part to do
[ anythin&but to oteggthe law." Resident
i Genrilc^say "that the Saints are not
: worthy of the slightest or&Kncc regard*
ing.their religion, although they may be
upright enough in all other respectt"To
show you how I feel," said he, "I
k will tell you frankly of my own case. I
. have three wive*. I married them before
I860, when there was no law what.
ever regarding polygamy. I have not
. visited the houses of my wives for five
> years. I have kept entirely away be.
cause I didn't mtan to do anything
. I which might have the appearance of
breaking the Edmunds law. Eut i nave
] fed and clothed these families. I cannot
repudiate the obligations I entered into
. so many years ago.
"It seems to me," be said, "that the
law ought to have been made plainer in
one respect. It migh: have marked out
the course to be pursued by those who
( had gone into this thing before the
enact ment That would have saved a
great deal of trouble. If the provisions
had made clear the line of conduct toward
plural.wives there would oot have
been so many cases before the courts."
Offered $5,000 :for a Wife.
Mabtinsvo/ie, Ind., October (J.? Some
months ago an advertisement appeared in
the Indianapolis papers saying that one
James Morgan would pay $5,0 )0 for a
wife, giving his address jat this place.
Hundreds of letters have arrived at the
postoflice for him froir every part of the
country since that time. Many of them
were scented and decorated in a way
that would do credit to a Cherokee
brave. A fow weeks ago a reporter
learned that the man-who yearned for a
bride was sailing under a false name;
that Ins time name was Morgan Johnson,
and that he resided at Lake Valley, this
(Vmntv. He finally eantured a bride.
Yesterday, wbile the Circuit Court was
in session, Judge Grubbs was called
upon to go to the Clerk's olUce and
marry the happy couple. The bride, Miss
llettie S. Wilson, is aged 47, while Johnson's
age is 82.
The World's Baseball Championship.
New York and Brooklyn arc now
fighting for the baseball championship
of the world. Having won the pennants
in their respective organizations
they stand face to face as rivals for
supreme athletic honor.
The decisivo scries will consist of
eleven games to be played alternately
in New York and Brooklyn, the first
having been played at the New Polo
Grounds *ycsterday, resulting in a
victory for Brooklyn by a score of 12
to 10.
?
Mr. Jones Heard from Awain.
The eccentric ex-Senator Jones of
Florida is again heard from, lie has
/.iioi.i..tlnil witl, hie friunrl fl'TIni!! nf
Detroit, Mich., who, it is said, has for
months eared for and literally supported
him. The break was occasioned by
Senator Jones refusing to vacate the
room he had occupied for J wo years, or
to return to Florida, even if the money
were given him.
?President Ilarrison lias accepted an
invitation to be present" on the occasion
of the dedication and opening of the
new Catholic University at Washington
on November 18.
?The semi-official Russian organ, the
Jforoe Vremya, affirms the friendship
: of Russia for Germany, and says Russia
'relies upou Prince Bismarck to maintain
J peace.
WASHINGTON DIPLOMATIC AST.
Subtle Points of Mr. Blaine's Policy of
"America for Americans."
Washington, October 16.?The diplomatic
powers of Mr. Frederick Douglass
are not to lie in the innocuous
desuetude of a short residence at Portau-Prince.
Should he show that he is
not intolerable to the dusky autocrats of
Hayti, his powers are to be put to the
proof in an attempt to convince President
Hyppolite that a surrender of the j
control of the foreign relations of the;
Black Republic to the Department ofj
State at Washington will be greatly con-1
ducive to the security and prosperity of j
that country. A guarantee of the au-j
tonomy of the island is to be had from
the United States upon the terms above
indicated, coupled with the concession
of naval privileges and a right to land
troops in the discretion of Die proper j
American authority to repel invasion or
insure domestic tranquility.
Should Hayti prove tolerant of the so- j
ductive suggestion Mr. Douglass n ex- j
peered to extend the sphere of his inlluehce
to San Domingo.. He will do so,
even if Hyppolite and bis Cabinet should i
take the other course, with a view t.)j
applying moral pressure upon the larger J
community by stamping, it' possible, the j
character of proteges of the United
States upon the Spanish speaking section
of the island.
As the ''blanket pobcy" would be like
a blanket with a hole in it unless Cuba
should be brought into the line of ultimate
absorption, Minister Palmer is
stated to have had assigned to him a peculiarly
delicate task. lie is to use his
unofficial good offices at Madrid to drop
into tiie minds of the Dons and grandees
of the Spanish capital an occasional hint
thai Spain would be well out of Cuba
and Cuba would do well nut of Spain.
In the delicate and non-committal way
indicated he will occasionally suggest
that nothing could be friendlier or wiser
or nearly .-o advantageous all around
than to prepare to come into alignment
with Mr. Blaine's comprehensive American
policy for the American continent,
and so hasten the slow but certain march
of manifest destiny.
Nearly 116 Years Old.
filizii Jamison Stanton, a colored Woman,
who lives at Buffalo Run, near
Bellefonte, Pa., is, it is believed, the
oldest person in the State. She sajs
chat she has Indian blood in her veins.
Her exact age has been obtained, so
chat it is now a certainty. It was gotten
from records in a Bible now in possession
of a party in Carlisle, Pa., near
which place she was born, the Bible
record reading: Eliza Jamison Stanton
was born on the 25th day of December,
1774. She is, therefore, nearly 115
years of age. Mrs. Stanton is still
lively and vigorous, going out to pick
berries and carrying them long distances
in baskets. Her neighbors, who
are well acquainted with her, and have
kqpwn her for years," say she will live
ten years if no serious accidents happen
her.
JCJLliivl JTUUI^CX a A/cunabiwr.u*
"When the corner stone of the new
World building was being laid in NewYork
the other day the following cablegram
was received" from Editor Pulitzer:
"God grant that this structure be the
enduring home of a newspaper forever
unsatisfied with merely printing newslorever
fighting every form of wrong?
forever independent?forever advancing
in enlightenjnent and progress-forever
wedded to truly Democratic ideas?forever
aspiring to be a moral force?forever
rising to a higher plane of perfection
as a public institution.
"God grant that the World may forever
strive towards the highest ideals,?
l>c both a daily school house and a daily
forum?both a daily teacher and a daily
tribune?an instrument of justice, a
terror to crime, an aid to education,
an exponent of true Americanism.
"Let it ever be remembered that this
edifice owes its existence to the public;
that its architect is popular favor; that
its moral corner stone is love of liberty
and justice; that its every stone comes
from the people and represents public
approval for public services rendered.
"God forbid that the vast army following
the standard of the World should
in this or in futuro generations ever find
it faithless to those ideas and moral
principles to which alone it owes its life,
and without which I would rather have
it perish. Joseph PrLrrzEit."
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Death Ends a Murder Case.
Abbeville, October 17.?[Special to
The Register.]?John T. Lyon, who was
indicted for the murder of L. Mabry,
and whose case was called in court yesterday
and continued on account of the
critical illness of the defendant, died in
jail here at 1 o'clock this morning, of
nervous prostration. Lyon was 62 years
of age. He was a deacon in the PresflhiirMi
onH ha/l mantf fripmlq
and relatives throughout the County. A
w idow survives him.
Pianos and Organs.
Piann9 $200. Organs $50. Chickeririg,
Matbujhek, Mason & Hamlin,
Sterling and Arion Pianos. Mason &
Hamlin, Packard and Sterling Organs,
at factory prices for cash or on easy installments.
Fifteen days' test trial and
freight paid both ways if rot satisfactory.
Order aod test in your own homes.
Delivered to nearest depot freight free.
Don't forget bottom prices and square
dealing. Write for cuts and prices.
N. W. TRUMP,
Columbia. 8. C.
The Tozer Engine Works
(Successor to Dial Engine Wo.ka.)
JOHN A. WILLIS, PROPRIETOR,
117 West Gervais Street.
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NEAR If
19
UNION DEPOT. El ^
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-MANUFACTUHEHS OF THE
iTozer steam Engines
AND ALL SIZES OP BOTH LOCOMOTIVE
AND RETURN TUBULAR BOILERS.
FOUNDRY WORK IN IRON AND CRASS.
. REPAIRING PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
1 July23-om
FIGHTING FARMERS.
BLOODY AND FATAL RIOT AT DOTHEN,
ALABAMA.
Alliance Men Refuse to Obey a Town
Ordinance.?A Riot Ensues Between
Farmers and Town People?Seven Persons
Shot?Two Killed Outright.
Atlanta, October 15.?At 10 o'clock
last night tho Constitution started out a
special engine from Bain bridge, in
charge of Colonel B. E. Russell, to investigate
a rumored riot at Dothen, in
Henry County, Ala. The engine reached
that place at 1 o'clock this morning.
The facts were found to be as follows:
The Farmers' Alliance of Henry
County had established a warehouse at
Dothen. The town authorities sought
to collect a license from the drays which
they employed as from the drays era-j
ployed by other business houses. George i
M. Stringer, manager of tho farmers' j
i warehouse, to test the law, undertook I
| to drive one of the drays himself, when j
! he was arrested and his trial set fori
yesterday. The Alliance men attended '
the trial in force, and B. Stnngor, a
relative of George M. Stringer, the man 1
to be tried, flourished a knife and made'
for the marshal. This started the
trouble, when a fusilade of shots took
place. i
George M. Striuger and Jeff Walker of
the Alliance force fell dead, and Peter
Tew, Green Stringer and B. Stringer
were seriously wounded. Marshal J.
L. Dominges and Deputy Marshal Park
Powell, and a town inan named W. B.
Craddock were mor-ally wounded.
The terror which reigned the I'est of
| the day was indescribable. The people
were in fear all night of a renewal of
the attack. The farmers claim that the ,
I town people treated them wrongfully,
and that the riot was inevitable under
the provocation given.
MARRIED IN COTTON BAGGING.
Novel "Wedding of a North Carolina
Couple at the Raleigh Fair.
Rai.eigh, October 15.?The largest
crowd ever seen at a fair in this Srate
attended tho State Fair to-doy. The
chief attraction to-day was the marriage
of W. M. Batoman and Miss Josephine
Nowles, of Washington County. The
ceremony took place at tho grand stand
at the fair grounds at noon. The bride
aud groom were both, attired in costumes
of Southern cotton bagging, and
were attended by four couples all costumed
in the same material. The ceremony
was performed by Chaplain J J.
Scott. Numerous presents were made
to the newly married couple by the merchants
of the city.
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT.
When physicians fail to give relief In cases of
chronic ailments, resulting from poison blood, bow
gratifying to the sufferer to obtain at last the right
remedy. Where every other treatment miserably
fails to cure, Botinic Blood Balm Invariably gains
a victory. .
San Saba, Texas, February 9,1S82.
flnr little daughter became effected with some
form of scalp disease, supposed to be ring-worm or
eczema. It first began in white scahs or dandruff
and then formed in small sores all over the front
part of her head with rough patches on
SORES ber forehead and face, and then run an
ugly eating sore on her head which con
tinued to spread until a neighbor insisted on me
trying B. B. B. After using a bottle and a half the
sore is healing nicely and the child's health much
improved and she is getting fat. I believe B. B. B
to be an excellent blood purifier and very quick in
its action. Mrs. Bettib Graves.
Willow City, Texas, April 9,1888.
Blood Balm Co.: I was taken with paralysis, the
doctors said caused by a tumor
TUMORS that is attached to the bowels.
and had a bad case of dyspepsia'
1'.. B. B. has done me more good than all the doctors.
Wm. Shelton.
Barsworth, Chamcers Co., Ala., ?
February 6,1888. j
For the last six years I have been a great sufferer
from blood poison ; could not get anything that
would do me any good. The doctors thought I
would die. Two years ago I was stricken down
with cancer of the lower extremities
P A MPT7D nnA nmt nnf oVil? tn walk rrnt of mv
,
room, the cancer causing: me to suffer
great pain. A month ago I commenced taking
the B. B. B. and was able to walk a half mile before
1 had taken two bottles. The cancer Is healing up
nicely, and I think the use of this remedy will cure
mo. 01} K. M. Smith
YOU NEED IT.?WHAT?
Why, The Columbia, S. C.,
Weekly Register. 8 pages. $1
a year. All the news from
everywhere. Special Correspondence
daily from all parts
of the State. Always fresh and
readable. If you want to keep
up with the procession send
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for a year. Remit by P. 0.
money order, check or rey inter ed
letter. Clubs of six for $5.00.
Get up a club and yet a free
subscription to The Columbia
Weekly Reyister for twelve
months. Address Charles A.
Calvo, Jr., Proprietor, Columbia,
S. C.
Langley Brothers,
174 KING HT? CHARLESTON, S. C?
MAXTFACTURERS OF LADIES* AND
GENTS' Fndcrwenr. Fine Dress Shirte to
order n specialty. Directions for measuring sent
on application. soplO-fui
JERSEY FLATS "
Oil 111 and Fever Cure. Large
bottles AO cents, and guaranteed to cure any
ouse of Chills and Fever. Malarial, Intermittent
and Remittent Fevers, by
THE BARRETT DROG CO .
Abousta, Ga.
TRY JERSEY FLATS. Feb 15ay
COMPLETE OliTFITSI CSg
teisll
J am MAHlffACTU
1
LONGFELLOHnS MAIDEN,
who lft?
" Standing, with reluctant feet,
Where the brook and river meet.
Womanhood and childhood fleet 1"
la a type of thousands of young girls who
are emerging from the chrysalis *ruge of their
existence, as they enter upon their "teens."
Nervous, excitable, irritable, stirred by
strange, unknowable forces within them,
each a mystery unto herself, our girls need
the tendercst care, the most loving, patient
oversight, and the aid of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, to safely carry them through
this critical period, during which, in too
many lives, alas, are se wn the seeds of dis
tressing forms of diseases peculiar to tbo
female sex. But this boon to womankind
will prevent all such d iseases, or cure them
If they have already seized a victim. Woman \
owes It to herself, to her family, and to her
social station, to be well and strong. Let j
her then not neglect tb> sure means of cure.
" Favorite Prescription " is a-legitimate medicine.
carefully compounded by an experienced
and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's j
delicate organization. It is purely vegetable
in its composition and perfectly harmless
in its effects in any condition of the system.
Sold by druggists; $1.(0, or sii bottles for
$5.00.
Copyright, 1888, by WORLD'S Dis. Med. AS8TT.
Dr. PIERCE'S PELLETS I
regulate and cleanse the liver, stomach and
bowels. They are purely vegetable and perfectly
harmless. One a Dose. Sold by
druggists. 25 cents a vial.
^JPFIELD'S
si Regulator
:
MENSTRUATION
os monthly sickness
If taken during change of ute
GREAT SUFFERING Villi BEM01KJ&
J300K TO" W 0 M A W'jMJlEDfREB
BRAD FIELD BEGULA TOR CO. ATLANTA GA.
BOLD BY ALL DHUBOlSTi.
To Ginners and Mill Men
Rote My Line and write to Me tor Fnces.
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Pratt, Winsbip and Brown Cotton Gins at lower
price* tbnn ever before.
Liddell Compmj's Bora Single and Double
Screw and Direct Acting Steam Cylinder Cotton
Presses.-'
Liddell-Tomnkin*. Westinghouse, Atlas and
Oneida Strum Engines and Boilers
Liddell Company's Variable and Belti Feed
Saw Mills. Luno Manufacturing Company's
S w Mills.
Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Couplings, otc^
at prices ihat cannot bo bettered.
Oil Mill supplies. Brown and Carver Linters,
Hullers, Screens, Cuke Grinders and Breaker*,
Fertiliser Mixers, etc.
"Ideal" Kubber Belt, and Oak Tjinned Leather
Belt.
-1 will meet any competition, value considered,
bHt will not recommend INFEBIORmacbinery.
Serve your interests by writing to mo before *
placing your orders.
Special estimates made on Wood Werking
Machinery, Sturtevant Dry Kilns, or anything
wanted in my line.
W. H. GIBBES, Jr.,
Columbia. 8. C. J ^
A
GILDER'S LIVER PILLS,
.
Remove the bile from the system, cure all
bilious troubles, aod prevent malarial diseases.
... ...
For sale by all druggists and tpercbants at 25
cents a box, or mailed on receipt of prico by
THE BARRETT DRUG CO..
Augusta, Ga.
TAKE GILDER'S PILLS. Feb 15ay
Bookbinding.
I HAVE TWO FIRST CLASS BOOKBINDERS-as
good as'can be found anywhere. Send
me your Books And I will do them up nicely
and at moderato coat. ACCOUNT BOOKS of
all kinds made in'tbe best style of the art.
CHARLES A. CALVO, JR.,
Printer and Bookbinder
65 North Richardson Street,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
ToTsmYMYT
\\TE OFFER OUR NO. 2 HAND-MADE
tt RO\D CART to responsible parties on
CTYTV niv?' I i in a Anlt, 318 1*1 fr ),->? he?f
hickory wheels ami shafts, steel tires and axle,
cushioned scat and painted nicely. Not a cheap
made cart, hut is first class throughout. We also
offer our our No 10 hand-made Buggy. put up on
any kind of spring, on SIXTY DAIS' time for
tho small amount of 815.00. It has best patent
wheels, stool tires and axles. Trimmed ap and
painted in good stylo. Not by any means a
chtnp vehicle, but is very substantial and is warranted.
For circulars and general description,
address
HOLLER & ANDERSON.
Manufacturers,
P. 0. Box 110. ROCK HIJiL, b. C.
In writing please mention this paper,
oc 1-fm
HARHAM VILLE
STOCK AND POULTRY FARM
HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE AND POULTRY
FOR SALE
Gold Medal Batter Herd of Jersey Cattle.
The Imported Percheron Stallion
TJTPIin' Mooaat 7 IK/1 will mntn th? u^.-ison at
?2.i. Choice young jersey Cattle. IJfcKK.sH I Kid
Swino, Light Brahmas, Wvandots, Langshans,
Brown Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks and Game
Fowls for sale. Eggs in season.
l'KESTON L. 51 ELTON.
Proprietor. Columbia, S. C.
JAS. H. BALDWIN. Manager.
H. H. P GUARANTEED TO CURE
Siok Headache and Constipation in a short
time. Prevents all 'Malarial troubles. Priee
fifty cents. For sale by druggists and merchants.
Manufactured by
THE BARRETT DRUG CO..
Feb 15ay Auoubt . Oa.
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